December 25, 2014

Only in Japan (7)

Stuffed animals are cooped up! They want to ditch your bed and bookshelves. They want to see the world. They want to travel. And, in Japan, they can.

Enter Unagi Travel. It dubs itself as a "travel agency for stuffed animals." For the past three years, Sonoe Azuma, 38, has been taking stuffed animals on holidays and day trips. This allows the owners of the stuffed animals, some of which are physically impaired, to live vicariously through the plush toys.

Travelogues are uploaded to Facebook, where the owners can follow what activities their stuffed animals are up to.